Marinomed licenses Kahalalide F analogs

16 March 2009

Spanish drugmaker PharmaMar has licensed analogs of Kahalalide F for uses outside of oncology and neurology to German firm Marinomed  Biotechnologie GmbH.

The novel depsipeptide is derived from the Hawaiian sea slug Elysia  rufesceus. In preclinical assays performed by Marinomed, certain  synthetic analogs of Kahalalide F have shown a favorable activity  profile.

As part of the agreement, PharmaMar will collaborate with Marinomed in  identifying and synthesizing the most suitable drug candidates and will  retain all rights to Kahalalide F analogs for the treatment of cancer  and central nervous systems disorders together with all rights on  Kahalalide F itself and two of its related analogs.

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